The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity

The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity

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Review
[One of] the most important discussions yet published of the recent advances in molecular biology. . . . --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Book Description

In The Logic of Life François Jacob looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the sixteenth century. He describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes and genes, and DNA.

The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity,Francois Jacob,Pantheon Books,0394472462,Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics,Science

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